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BEOWN,  JONES,  AND  KOBINSON  TAKE  TIIEIE  DEPAETUKE  fEOM  PEINCE'S  DOCK,  LIVEEPOOL. 


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ON  THE  OCEAN. 


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IN  SETTLING  THEMSELVES  FOR  THE  VOYAGE,  THEY  AEE  TROUBLED  WITH  CERTAIN  QUALMS— WHICH  ABE  NOT  QUALMS 
OF  CONSCIENCE. 


AFTER  A  PLEASANT  PASSAGE,  THEY  SIGHT  THE  SHORE  THEY  SEEK.     LAND  HOI      GENERAL  TUKN-OUT.      ALL    HAN-DS 
ON   DECK.      HAIL!   COLUMBIA. 


ARRIVAL  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


THEY  RECEIVE  THEIR  FIRST  INTRODUCTION  TO   THE  CUSTOMS  OF  THE  COUNTRY.     THE  MANNERS  OF  THE  OFFICIALS, 
AND  MODES  OF  EXAMINATION,  STRIKE  B.,  J.  &  R.   AS  BELONGING  DECIDEDLY  TO  THE  LAND  OF  THE  FREE  (AND  EASY). 


THEY    ENCOUNTER  THE  BAGGAGE-SMASHERS,  A  NATIVE   TRIBE  (OF   FOREIGNERS   MOSTLY),  NOTED   FOR   THEIR   QUIET 
DEMEANOR,  AND  SUBMISSION  TO  AUTHORITY. 


FIEST  IMPRESSIONS. 


THEY  DISCUSS  A  FINANCIAL  QUESTION.     A  FARE  DISPUTE  WITH  JEHU  O'MULLIGAN,  AN  INFLUENTIAL  CITIZEN.    SOilE 
KNOCK-DOWN  ARGUMENTS  ARE  PRESENTED,  BUT  MR.  O'M.  KEEPS  THE  WHIP-H.VND. 


B.,  J.   &  R.   "GO  FOR"   THEIR  PICTURES,   AND  HAVE  A  "SITTING,"    STANDING.     POSING,   IMPOSING,   AND  UNIMPOSING. 
FRONT  AND  REAR  VIEWS,  WITH  SIDE-ELEVATIONS. 


SlGIIT-SEEmO— DINING. 


TO  SEE  A  PORTION  OF  THE  CITY,  THEY    TAKE  A  COMFOET.VBLE    RIDE  ON  A  THIRD   AVENUE  CAR,  AND    FIND  THEM- 
SELVES STANDING  ON  A  DEMOCRATIC  PLATFORM  WITH  REPUBLICAN  SURROUNDINGS. 


THEY  FIND  OUR  COLORED  BRETHREN  ENJOYING  SOCIAL  EQUALITY-AS  MANIFESTED  IN  THE  HOTEL  DINING-ROOM. 


TRIP  TO  HIGH  BRIDGE. 


BROWN  FINDS  A  CHANCE  TO  STUDY  A  NATIONAL  ATTITUDE.  WHICH   IS   MUCH  MORE  COMMON  THAN  PBOPER-A  SORT 
OF  TWO-FOOT  RULE  FOR  MEASURING  AMERICAN  MANNERS.     HE  MAKES  A  SKETCH  OF  IT. 


AT  THE  HIGH  BRIDGE,  THEV  ENCOUNTER  A  HIGH  WIND,  WHICH  TAKES  LIBERTIES -THIS  BEING  A  FREE  COUNTRY— 
WITH  ROBINSON'S  H.\T.  THEY  TURN  THE  ACCIDENT  TO  ACCOUNT,  BY  TIMING  THE  DESCENT  OF  THE  HAT,  TO  ASCERTAIN 
THE   HEIGHT   OF  TIIK   BRIDGE. 


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THEY  VISIT  A  LOCALITY  WHICH  KEMINDS  THEM  OF  COLOGNE— NOT  THE  EAU,  BUT  THE  CITY  OF  THAT  NAME. 

"  A  strange  invisible  perfume  hits  the  sense." 


AND,  AS    DISTINGUISHED   STRANGERS,    ARE   ATTENDED    BY    A   VOLUNTEER    GUARD    OF   HONOR;   "WHICH    TRIBUTE    OF 
RESPECT  THEY,  WITH  CHARACTERISTIC  MODESTY,  SEEK  TO  AVOID. 


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CENTRAL  PARK. 


B.,  J.  &  R.  ARE  RECEIVED  AT  CENTRAL   PARK,  WITH   PRESSING  ATTENTIONS  BY  THE  CHABIOTEEBS  OF  TUAT  REGION, 
WHO  COURTEOUSLY   TENDER  THE  USE   OF   TUEIR  VEHICLES. 


BEOWN  SEES  AND  SEIZES  (FOE  HIS  SKETCH-BOOK)  A  FAMILY  LIKENESS.     A  POINT  FOR  DARWIN,  BUT  HARD  ON  JONES. 


ANOTHER  CENTRAL  PxVEK  SCENE,  OFTEN  SEEN  AND  BETTER  UNSEEN. 


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IN  THE  GAKDEM  THEY  ENJOY  THEIE  "WEEDS,"  AND  ADMIRE  THE  FLOWEBS-OF  NEW   YORK  BEAUTY. 


THEY   ATTEND    A   REFRESHMENT   CONCERT.    MUSIC   AND   DRINKS-MIXED.    ROBINSON,  DESIRING   TO   TRY  A   NATIONAL 
DRINK,   CALLS   FOR   AND   CAUSES   A   "SMASH." 


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TRIP  TO  UOBOKEN. 


B.,  J.   &  R.,  PURPOSIXG  TO  BOARD   A  STEAMER  FOR  HOBOKEN,  HAVE  A   NARROW  (BUT   RAPIPLY   WinENlNG)  ESCAPE, 
AND  RECEIVE  THE   PANTOMIMIC   CONGRATULATIONS  OF  A  YOUNGSTER,   NATIVE  AND   TO  NO  MANNERS  BORN. 


THEY  VISIT  THE  ELYSIAN  FIELDS,  AND  ADMIRE  THE  VIEW  AND  THE  DNSOPinSTICATED  MANNERS   OF  THE  RUBAL(?) 
POPULATION. 


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SKETCHES  BY  BllOWN. 


SKETCHES  BY  BKOWN.     TYPES  OF  HUMANITY  (MOSTLY  FROM  FOREIGN  FOUNDERIES)  FOUND  IN  THE  FIELDS. 


NATIONAL  (iRATITUDE.     MAIMED  SOLDIERS  PUBLICLY  PROVIDED  WITU-LEAVE  TO  EARN  THEIR  OWN  LIVINO. 


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SCENE  ON  THE  GRASS.      FREE  AND  EASY. 
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ANOTHER  SCENE.      FREER,  IF  NOT  80  EASY. 


CliOSSING  BROAD  WA  Y 


RETURNED  TO  THE  CITY,  B.,  J.  &  R.  ATTEMPT   A   PASSAGE  MORE  PERILOUS  THAN   THAT   OF  THE  ATLANTIC,  TO  WIT- 
CROSSING  BROADWAY   WHEN  THE  TIDE  OF  TRAVEL  IS  AT  ITS  HEIGHT. 


SAFE  OVER,  BUT,  LACKING  THE  COOLNESS  OF  THE  NATIVE  NEW-YORKER  UNDER  SIMILAR  CIRCUMSTANCES,  THEV  ARE 
A  LITTLE  FLUSTERED. 
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POLICE  POLITENESS,  ETC. 


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UyiFOnM  t'dURTESY    IN   THE    STREETS.     KOBINSON    TAKES    AN    OBSERVATION    OF    A    POLICEMAN    EMPLOYED    AS    AN 

INSTRUMENT   OF.  TRANSIT.      POLISHED   POLICE  POLITENESS. 


JONES    TRIES    HIP    LUCK    IN  ONE  OF  THOSE   ADMIRABLE    INSTITUTIONS,   PECULIAR  TO   NEW   YORK,    WHERE    BARGAINS 
ARE   OFFERED   AND   CUSTOMERS   "  SOLD  "—COMMONLY   CALLED   "MOCK-AUCTIONS." 


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BOAED  OF  BROKERS,  ETC. 


REFRESILMENTS   AL  FRESCO.      BROWN   TAKES   A   SHINE    FROM   A   NEW   YORK   BOY. 


THEY    VISIT   THE   BOARD  OF  BROKERS,  WIIEBE  "OUTSIDERS"  ABE   BROKEN,  WHILE   THE   BROKERS   REMAIN   WHOLE. 
B.,  J.  &  R.  MAKE  A  "CALL"   AND  "PUT." 


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CONEY  ISLAND. 


THEY  VISIT  CONKY  ISLAND,  AND  "TAKE  THE   SUEi"   AS   TUE   FANCY  TAKES   THEil. 


THEY  HAVE  SOME  "KOUGH"   EXPERIENCE,  AND  LEAEN  HOW  THE  POLICE  BACK  THEIR  VOTER  FKIEN-DS. 


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MORE    OF    BROWN'S    SKETCHES.      A    CITY    PORTER  ; 
BROWN,  STOUT,  AND  "NEAT  AS  IMPORTED." 


IN    AN    APPLE-VENDER    BROWN    FINDS    A    FRUITFCL 
THEME. 


B.,  J.  &  R.  START  UP  THE  HUDSON  RIVER  IN  ONE  OF  THE  CONVErANCES   OF   THE   COUNTRY— "AH  1    NOT   THE   SORT 
OP  THING  WE  HAVE  ON  THE  TEMS,   AND  THE  RHINE,   YE  KNOW." 


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JONKS  FINDS  A  FELLOW-PASSENGER,  WHO,  DESPITE 
THE  WELL-KNOWN  TACITUENUY  OF  THE  YANKEE,  IS 
QUITE  READY  TO  INFORM  HIM  ON  ALL  POINTS  OF  IN- 
TEREST ON  THE  RIVER  — AND  WHAT  HE  DOES  NOT 
KNOW,   HE  IS  "GOOD  AT  GUESSIN'." 


AND  BROWN  ENCOUNTERS  A  NATIVE  BUT  NEWLY- 
ENFRANCHISED  CITIZEN,  WHO  DISCOURSES  "OB  DE  FIF- 
TEENT'   COMilANDMENT." 


BROWN    BESTOWS    A     GRATUITY    WITH    TTLTERIOB    VIEWS,     TO    WIT-TUE    HOPE    OF    REWARD     BY    A     SYMPATHETIC 
GLANCE  FROM  BRIGHT  EYES,  PERHAPS. 


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WEST  POINT. 


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THEY  LAND  AT  WEST  POINT.      ROBINSON  FORGOT  TO   LOCK   THAT  PORTXrANTEAU,   AND  HERE'S  THE  CONSEQUENCE— 
THE  BAGGA(JE-TBAIN   THROWN  INTO  DISORDER  AS  THEY  ARE  ENTERING  A  MIlITARy  STATION. 


REACHING  COZZENS'S  HOTEL,  ME.   COZZENS  GIVES  THEM   A  SPEfl.VL  RECEPTION  IN  PERSON. 


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ON  PARADE. 


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AFTER  •WHICH  THEY  APPEAR  ON  (SOCIAL)   PARADE. 


JNVITED   TO   CADET   PARADE,   ROBINSON  NATURALLY  THINKS  HIS  YEOMANRY  UNIFORM  THE  PROPER  THING  TO   WEAR. 


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TUE  REVIEW. 


AND  AT  THE  REVIEW  HE  ATTRACTS  ATTENTION^AS  HE  MIGHT  HAVE  EXPECTED. 


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BUT  IN  KETUENINQ  FROM  CAMP  HE  FINDS   HIMSELF  UNPLEASANTLY  MIXED  UP  WITH  HIS  OWN  ACCOUTREMENTS. 


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THE  KAATSKILLS. 


TIIEY  VISIT  THE  KAATSKILLS,  AND,  HAVING  BEAD  THE  LEGEND  OF  RIP  VAN  WINKLE,  BROWN  DEVISES  A  COAT-OF- 
ARMS  FOB  THE  LOCALITY. 


IN    ASCENDING   THE    MOUNTAIN,  ROBINSON  ACTS    ON    THE  OLD   ADAGE  THAT   "ONE  GOES  SAFEST  IN  THE  MIDDLE;" 
AND  TAKES  HIS  PLACE  ACCORDINGLY. 

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THE  MOUNTAIN  HOUSE. 


AND  THESE  AKE  THE  EXPRESSIONS  PRODUCED  BY  THEIK 
lilPEESSlQNS  OF  THE  VIEW   KROM  THE  MOUNTAIN. 


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ALPME  COSTUMES. 


WITH  THE  PROSPECT  OF  SOME  CLIMBING-PRACTICE,  THEIR  ALPINE  COSTUMES  COME  IN  PLAY. 


WHILE  JONES  DOES  SOME  "TALL"  WALKING    ROBINSON  FINDS  SOME  CLIMBING  A  LITTLE  TOO  TALL— 


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AMBIT  10  US  ASF  IB  A  TIONS. 


AND    THEREAFTER,    HAVING    FRIENDS,    USES    THEM.      A   HINT   TO    "  HEAVY   WEIGHTS "    DESIEING    TO    RISE   IN   THE 
WORLD.      WITH  THE   AID  OF  JONES  AND  BROWN,   ROBINSON  "PULLS   THROUGH." 


HAVING  REACHED  THE  SUMMIT  OF  THEIR   LONGINGS,  B.,  J.  &  K.  "FLATTEN   OUT."     AMBITIOUS  ASPIRATIONS   OFTEN 
END  IN  SMOKE— 


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EOBINSOJ^  TAKES  A  DIP. 


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OR  AKE  DAMPENED  IN  OTHER  WAYS.      WHILE   EXPLORING   "THE   GLEN,"  ROBINSON   MAKES    A   SLIP   AND   TAKES   A    KIP 
WHICH  DOES  NOT   "ROCK  IIIM  TO  SLEEP."      "  SLIPPLNG  UP"  ON  HIS  "ALPINE  STOCK,"   HE  GOES  IN  FOK  THE  "POOL." 


ACCEPTING  THE  SITUATION,  HE  FURNISHES  A  SUBJECT  FOK  THE  DRY  HUMOK  OF  BKOWN-S  PENCIL,  WHILE  REFLECT^ 
ING  ON   THE   MINOR   MISERIES   OF  HUMAN  LIFE. 


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AN  ASTRONOMICAL   TABLEA  U. 


KETUSNING  BY  MOONLIGHT,  THE  PAETY  FORM  A  NOVEL  ASTKONOMICAL  TABLEAU— T/Z^jKfi'  MEN  IN  THE  MOON. 


JONES,  HAVING  A  FANCY  FOB  "PIGS  AND  CHICKENS,"   MAKES   A  SKETCH  OF  FARM-LIFE  IN  THIS   COUNTRY. 


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AT  ALBANY. 


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ARRIVING  AT  ALBANY,  IN   A  HEAVY  KAIN,   THEY   HAIL  THE  ONLY   COACH  IN   WAITING,   AND  STORM  IT  IN  A  BODY. 


Wnn.E  WAITING   FOR    THE    SARATOGA  TRAIN  THEY  LUNCH,   AND   MEET  FOUL  USAGE  FROM  FAIR  HANDS.     BROWN  IS 
SERVED  WITH  A  DISH  IN  A  MODE  NOT  LAID  DOWN  IN  THE  BILL  OF  FARE. 


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CONGRESS   WATER. 


THE  PIAZZA  OF  CONGKESS  HALL,  SARATOGA,  WnERE  IT  IS  QUITE  IN  ORDER  FOR  JONES  TO   HAVE  A   TILT  ON  INTER- 
NATIONAL POLITICS. 


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THEY  VISIT    THE    CONGRESS    SPRING,   AND   THE  WATER    PRODUCES  ITS  USUjVL   INSTANTANEOUS  EFFECT  ON  A  FIRST 
TRIAL— A  SHARP  DISTORTION  OF  FACIAL  MUSCLES. 

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SAEATOGA  INVALIDS. 


TIIEV  -WATCH  THE  MORNING 


AKKIVALS  OF  INVALIDS  TO  TAKE   iUK  WATER. 


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THREE  OF  THE  im^VLIDS. 


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THE  "  hop:'' 


B.,    J.    &    R.    ATTEND  A   -HOP"    AT    CONGRESS   HALL,    FINDING    IT   VEEY   MUCH    LIKK   A   BALL   ELSEWUERE. 


AND  BROWN,  SLIGHTLY  OVEK-MATCHED,  IS  RATHER 
"CARRIED    OFF    HIS    FEET"     IN    A    LIVELY     WALTZ    A 
DEUX-TEMPS  ; 
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WHILE   POOR   ROBINSON   MEETS    WITH  A   COSTRE- 

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SAIiATOGA   LAKE. 


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THE  BELLES  OF  SAEATOGA— SOME  OP  THE  "LOUDEST." 


ON  SARATOGA  LAKE  TIIKY  HAVE  A  QUIET   ROW  BV  MOONLIGHT. 


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A  SLEEPING-CAR. 


GOING   WEST,    THEY    TRY    THE   NOVELTY    OF    A    SLEEPING-CAR,    WHICH    BROWN    AND    ROBINSON    TAKE    TO,    BUT    IN 
WHICH   POOR   JONES   FINDS    NEITHER   BEST   NOB   BEFRESHMENT; 


AND,   ON   AEBIVING  AT   UTICA,   JONES   IS   BATHER   DOWN. 


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DISCUSSION  OF  THE  GUIDES. 


AT   TRENTON    FALLS   THEY    HAVE   AN   ARITHMETICAL   DIFFICULTT    'VriTH   THE  LANDLORD,    WHO    OFFERS    TWO   BEDS 
FOE   TH£    THREE— "THREE   INTO   TWO,    YOU    CAN'T." 


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ON  STARTING   TO   SEE   THE  FALLS.   THE   GUIDES   DISCUSS   THE   PROPER  ROUTE   TO   TAKE. 


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AN  EASY  PATH. 


JONES   SETTLES    THE    DISPUTE; 


AND    THEY   TAKE   THE    EASIEST    PATH— WHICH    STILL    HAS    ITS   UPS    AND    DOWNS. 


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A   BOLD  STAND. 


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THE    FALLS.     TO    GET   A   GOOD   VIEW,    THEY    TAKE   A- BOLD    STAND-NOT   TO    SAY   A    RASH    ONE. 


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"GOING   BACK    ON"    THE   VIEW. 


AN  INTERRUPTED  SKETCH. 


BROWN,    THINKING   HIMSELF   ALONE,    SEATS   HIMSELF   TO   SKETCH; 


AND   FINDS    HIMSELF   NOT    SO   MUCH    ^VXONE   AS   HE    THOUGHT. 


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TRO  UT-FISHINO. 


TIIEY    TEY   FOE   TROUT.     JONES  DISGUSTED,   BEOWN   DELIGHTED,    WHILE    EOBINSON   HAS    THE    MOST    QUIET   ENJOY- 
MENT. 


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THEY   .\TTEND    A    PICNIC,    WHICH   WOULD   HAVE   BEEN   VEEY   JOLLY    BUT    FOR  NUMEEOUS    UNINVITED   ATTENDANTS 
FEOM    VARIOUS   INSECT    TEIBES. 


CURIOSITIES. 


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ON   BEACHING   NIAGAKA,    B.,    J.    &   R.   BECOME   SLIGHTLY   DEMONSTRATIVE. 


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THEY   PURCHASE   A  PEW   CURIOSITIES    OP    THE    NEIGHBORHOOD-WHICH    THEY   MIGHT    HAVE    HAD    AT    LESS   COST 
PROM   THE   MANUPACTOEIES    IN   NEW    ENGLAND. 


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NIAGARA  FALLS. 


BEOWN   SKETCHES   THE   FALLS    FROM    THE    AMERICAN    SIDE. 


THEY   ASCEND   TEEBAPIN   TOWEE,  AND,  FINDING   IT   IN   A   SUAKY   CONDITION,   AEE   SYMPATHETICALLY  AFFECTED. 


TABLE  BOOK. 


IN    TAKING    A   VIEW  FROM  TABLE    KOCK,  THEY   DEEM    IT    PRUDENT   TO    TAKE   A   POSITION    MOKE   SAFE   THAN   DIG- 
NIFIED. 


IN    PREPARING    TO   GO    UNDER   THE    SHEET,  THEY    GET   FITS.    BROWN    IS   FITTED    TOO   MUCH. 


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TRE  CA  VE  OF  THE  WINDS. 


m  THE   CAVE   OF   THE   WINDS,   JONES'S   NEEVES   GIVE   OUT; 


AND   THE    EFFECTS    OF   THE    VISIT    ON    TUE    PARTY    EEQUIRE    COUNTERACTING. 


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AMERICAN  TYPES. 


BKOWX    MAKES   MOKE  SKETCIIES-A  "SO-CALLED"   SPIKITDALIST ; 


A   WOMAN'S-KIGHTS    WOMAN; 


A   EEPEESENTATIVE    FENIAN; 


AND   A   "LEADER   OF   PUBLIC   OPINION.' 


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CANADA. 


B.,    J.    <fc   K.    CROSS    THE    BORDER    INTO    CANADA,    AND     BEING    AGAIN    ON    BRITISH    SOIL,    "YOU    KNOW,"    ARE    IN- 
DIGNANT   AT   THE   SEARCHING   ATTENTIONS    OF    THE    TORONTO    CUSTOMS    OFFICIALS. 


THEY   ARE   ALLOWED   TO    PASS  ;    BUT   THE   LAW,   BY   ITS   AGENTS,   KEEPS    ITS  EYE    ON   THEM. 


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TEE  GOVERNOR. 


THIS   IS   BKOWN'S   SKETCH   (FROM    MEMORY)    OF   THE    MOST    ATTENTIVE    DETECTIVE    WHO    PERSONIFIED    "THE    EYE 
OF    THE   LAW." 


THEY    COMPLAIN    TO    THE   GOVERNOR,   A    GOOD    FELLOW,    WHO    SOOTHES    THEIK    WOUNDED   FEELINGS    BY    AN    INVI- 
TATION   TO    A    FOX-HUNT. 


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THE  FOX-UUyT. 


THEY   ACCEPT,  AEE   MOUNTED   ON    INDIFFERENT,  NOT   TO    SAY   BAD,  HUNTING   STOCK; 


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AND    JONES    AND    KOBINSON    SOON    COME    TO    GKIEF    AND  — GRASS. 


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THE  RESULTS. 


BKOWN,    MORE    PETJDENT,   KEEPS    HIS    SEAT,   AND   "ASSISTS"   (IN    THE    FRENCH   SENSE)   AS   THEY   PICK  THEMSELVES   UP; 


WITH   NO    MORE    SERIOUS    CONSEQUENCE    THAN   FINDING   THEMSELVES    "RACY    OF    THE   SOU." 


JONES,  IN   ASKING   AFTER   HIS    LOST   STEED,  LEARNS   THAT  A    CANADIAN  HABITAN  SPEAKS   NEITHER   FRENCH   NOB 
ENGLISH,    AND   HE   TRIES   PANTOMIME   TO    AID    HIS    INQUIRIES. 


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SHOOTING   THE  liAI'JDS. 


ON   THE   EIVER   ST.  LAWRENCE,    B.,   J.    &    R.   HAVE    EXPERIENCE   OF   A   NOVEL   SPORT   KNOWN   AS    "SHOOTING   THE 
RAPIDS ; " 


AND   BROWN    AGAIN    SKETCHES— THIS  BEING  THE   INDIAN  PILOT-TUE  MAN   WHOSE  SPECI.VL  AIM    IT    IS    TO   DO    THE 
SHOOTING    ACCURATELY. 
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AMONG  THE  INDIANS. 


THEY    VISIT    AN    INDIAN    CAMP   WITH    WHAT   THEY    CONSIDEE   THE   PROPEK    SPIRIT  OF   CONCILIATION. 


A   FEIENDLY    INDIAN,    ATTRACTED    BY   THE    "  FAIR-IIAIEED    SAXON,"    CAUSES   A   LITTLE    NERVOUS    EXCITEMENT   AS 
BROWN    HAPPENS   TO    THINK    OF    SCALPS    AND    TOMAHAWKS;    AND  WHY  SHOULDN'T   HE? 


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INDIAN  COSTUMES. 


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CHOSEN    MEMBERS    OF    THE    TRIBE,   THEY    ARE     COSTUMED    ACCORDINGLV,     ONLY    JONES     CANyOT    FOREGO    THAT 
UMBRELLA   AND   EYE-GLASS. 


THEY   TRY   A    SHOOTING-MATCH   AT   THE  BAPIDS-IN    THE   ABORIGINAL   STYLE. 


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INDIAN  CURIOSITIES  AND   CHARACTERS. 


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THEIE   COLLECTION   OF   INDIAN   CUEIOSITIES   BEINGS   UP   THE   QUESTION   OF   STOWAGE. 


BROWN   SKETCHES    AGAIN— AN   INDIAN   GIRL; 


AND   AN   INDIAN   WOMAN. 


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MONTREAL. 


AND    AT    MONTREAL    HE    FINDS    A    FRESH    VARIETY    OF   CHAEACTER-SKETCHES    FOR   HIS    PORTFOLIO-THE    ECCLESI- 
ASTICAL  ELEMENT   BEING   PREVALENT. 


IN  "DOING"  MONTREAL  CATHEDRAL   DURING   SERVICE,  THEY  EXCITE   THE   DISGUST  OF   HIS   REVERENCE   BY   THEIR 
IRREVERENCE. 

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FVR  UEADqVARTERS. 


BEING    AT    FL'K   HEADQUARTERS,  SO    TO   SPEAK,  OF    COURSE   IT    IS    THE    THING   TO   FIT    THEMSELVES    OCT    FOR    THE 
SERPENTINE    AND   EEGENT'S    PARK    AT    HOME,  THE    COillNG    WINTER. 


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THEY  BECEIVE  AN  ACCEPTABLE  INVITATION  TO  AN  AMATEUR  PERFORMANCE  AT  THE  THEATRE  BOYAL; 


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AMATEUR  THEATRICALS. 


WHICH    THEY    ATTEND,    AND-AKE    AMUSED,    TO    SAY    THE    LEAST    OK    IT. 


A   SPECIMEN   OF    THE   ECCLESIASTIC 


AL   ELEMENT   SOLICITS    CONTKIBUTIONS  -  FOK   THE   POPE'S   AKMY,   PERHAPS. 


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QUEBEC. 


A   STKEET   VIEW   IN    QUEBEC— B.,    J.    &   K.  IN   THE   FOKE-GKOUND,  WITH    THEIR   BACKS    IN    FRONT. 


BROWN    SKETCHES    A    TYPICAL    CANADIAN    ANNEXATIONIST    AND    CONSERVATIVE  —  LEAVING    BUT    LITTLE    DOUBT 
"WHICH    OF    THE   TWO    TO    CHOOSE." 
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LAKE  CRAMPLAIN. 


RETURNING  TO  THE   STATES,  B.,  J.   &  R.   SEE    THE    BEAUTIES    OF   LAKE    CHAMPLAIN   UNDER    ADVERSE   CIRCUMSTANCES. 


BROWN   SKETCHES    A   VIEW    OF   ONE   OF   THEIR   STOPPING-PLACES    ON   THE   LAKE; 


WHENCE    THEY    GO    OUT    TO    TRY    DUCK-SHOOTING ; 
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AND    RETURN  — WITH    QUALIFIED    SUCCESS. 


LAKE  GEORGE. 


THEY   KEACH  LAKE   GEOEGE   EATHEE   LATE   IN   THE   SEASON- 


SO  LATE   THAT   EVEN   THE   KITCHEN   OFFICIALS   "TAKE   THINGS   EASY." 


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FORT  GEOEOE. 


EOBINSON   TRIES    HIS    PENCIL    ON   A  VIEW  OF   LAKE    GEOKGE.     A    SKETCH    OF    GREAT    xMERIT  — THE    MERIT    OF    GEN- 
ERAL  APPLICATION   TO   SO    MANY    INLAND   WATER-VIEWS.     EVERY    TRAVELLER   SHOULD    LEARN   TO    DRAW    IT. 


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AT   THE   RUINS  OF  FORT  GEORGE -A  REMINDER  OF  COLONLiL  TIMES— JONES   SENTIMENTALIZES,  BROWN   SKETCHES, 
AND    ROBINSON   MAKES    lUS   MARK. 


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BUNKER  RILL. 


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ARRIVING    AT    BOSTON,   BUNKER    HILL    MONUMENT  —  ANOTHER    REMINDER    OF    COLONIAL    TIMES -SENDS    A    SHAFT 
To    THEIR   LOYAL   HEARTS: 


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BUT   THEY   DO   THE   PROPER   THING   BY   VISITING   THE   COMMON— 


TEE  ''  FROG-PONDr  —  THE  BIG   ORGAN. 


AND    FIND    THAT   BROWN'S   SKETCH    OK   THE   " FKOG-POND "—EVOLVED  IN  ADVANCE   FKOM    HIS    "INNER   CONSCIOUS- 
NESS "—IS   SLIGHTLY    EXAGGERATED. 


OF  THE  BIG  ORGAN  THEY  ENDEAVOR  TO  GET  A  BOSTON    ESTIMATE  BY  THE   USE    OF   MAGNIFIERS    OF   PROPER   POWER. 
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A  BOAT-BACK 


FOB   THE    HONOR   OF    THEIK   COUNTRY,    THEY 


ACCEPT   A   CHALLENGE    TO    A   ROW    ON   THE    CHAELES    KIVEE; 


BUT   ARF   BISGUSTED    TO   FIND,  AFTER   THEIR-  EXERCISE,  THAT   LIQUID   REFRESHMENT   IS   UNOBTAINABLE   IN    TEM- 
PERATE   BOSTON. 


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NEW  YORK  WINTER  SPORTS. 


BACK   IN   NEW   YORK   IN   DUE   SEASON,  THEY   TREAT   THEMSELVES   TO   A   SLEIGH-EIDE   IN   CENTRAL   PARK; 


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AND   DISPLAY   THEIR   SKILL   ON   THE   SKATING-RINK. 


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CUBA. 


THEY    ARE    OFF    TO    CUBA,   WHERE    THEY    ARE   FIRST    WELCOMED    BY    DON    RAMON   JIMENEZ   VALDES    DE   ZORRLLLA 
Y    CONTO    NAVARRO,    OF   WHOM   BROWN    GETS   A   SKETCH; 


AND   WHO    POLITELY   PRESENTS   THEM  WITH   A   PERMIT   TO   LAND,   IN    CONSIDERATION    OF -ONE   DOLLAR   PER   HEAD. 


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CUBAN  ACCOMMODATIONS. 


TAKING  A    VOLANTE  AND    CALESERO  —  tB.'^    INDIGENOUS    COACH   AND   COACHMAN— THEY   PKOOEED   TO   THEIR   HOTEL; 


WHERE  THEY  FIND  THAT  A  CUBAN  BED  IS  ALL  SHEETS  AND  CURTAINS,  A  MATTRESS  NOT  BEING  DEEMED  NECESSARY. 


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TROPICAL  TORMENTS. 


AT   DINNER,    EOBINSON   LEAENS,   FROM   THE   SIZE   OF   HIS   CHOP,   THAT   MUTTON   DOES    NOT    DEVELOP   WELL    IN   A 
TROPICAL    CLIMATE. 


THEY   EXPERIENCE    A    NIGHT    ALARM.      AN   ATTACK    ON    BROWN'S    CAMP    (BEDSTEAD)    BY    SCORPIONS    AND    CENTI- 
PEDES.    SOME   OF   THE   BEAUTIES    OF   THE    TROPICS. 


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A    VNIVERSAL  CUSTOM. 


IN   MAKING  AN   EVENING    CALL,  B.,  J.   &    R.  FIND    TUAT    SMOKING    IS    A  UNIVERSAL   CUSTOM,    WITHOUT    REGARD  TO 
"AGE,  SEX,  OK   PREVIOUS    CONDITION." 


BEOWN   SKETCHES    AGAIN  — A   NEGRO    DANDY; 


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A  FAIfCY-DRESS  BALL. 


AND    A   STREET    SCENE   DUEING    A   NEGEO   FESTIVAL -A    NEGRO    DANCE   IN    FANCY    COSTUME; 


AND    ONE   OF   THE   MUSICAL   INSTRUMENTS   WHICH   JONES   PURCHASES. 


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CUBAN  DANCE  AND  BAND. 


BEOWN'S   SKETCH    OF   A   CUBAN   DAXCE    CALLED    THE    "  MEEEXGCE." 


A    CDBAN   BAND. 


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A   COCK-FWUT.—  aUEAP  FRUIT. 


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ONE    OF    THE    INSTITUTIONS    OF   THE    COUNTRY,    WHICH    WAS    NOT    UNKNOWN    IN    ENGLAND    IN    FOKMEB   TIMES— A 
COCK-FIGHT. 


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BEOWN    ORDERS   FIFTY    CENTS'   WORTH   OF   ORANGES.     "WH.\T   WILL   HE   DO   WITH   THEM!" 


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A  SKETCUING-TOUR. 


GOING  OUT  TO  SKETCH,  TUEY  AKE  TAKEN  FOB  SPIES  BT  THE  CATALAN  VOLUNTEERS,  AND  ATTRACT  ATTENTIONS; 


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FROM  WHICH  THEY  VOLUNTARILY  RETREAT. 


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THE  I^WAIiE  LOTTERY-TICKET    VENDER. 


BROWN'S   SKETCH    OF   THE    NOTED    HAVANA    DWAKF   LOTTERY-TICKET   TENDER— 


WHO,    IN   THE    CAFt!    "LA   DOMINICA,"    INDUCES    JONES    TO    INVEST   FOR   THE   PAETT. 


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THE  HIGHEST  PRIZE. 


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AND  AFTERWARD  OVERCOMES  THEM  BY  ANNOUNCING 
THAT   THEY    HAVE    DRAWN    THE    HIGHEST    PRIZE; 


WHEREAT   THEY  ARE  SO  ELEVATED    THAT    ROBINSON 
ELEVATES   THE   DWARF. 


EMBARRAS  DE   RICHESSE.     A    REIMBURSEMENT    OF  ALL  THEIR    TRAVELLING    EXPENSES,  WITH  "SOMETHING    OVER." 


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